Fighters from the jihadist group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham in Idlib province, Aug. 16, 2023. (Credit: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP)
Could the Syrian regime's weakness in the escalating Israeli-led war see the strengthening of certain rebel groups in Syria? For several weeks now, military exercises have been suggesting a return to large-scale confrontation with President Bashar al-Assad's regime, in a Syria already ravaged by a kaleidoscope of conflicts. While the country suffers from Israeli strikes, the latest on Oct. 8 aimed at assassinating a senior Hezbollah official involved in arms smuggling in the middle of Damascus, an offensive is being prepared in the north led by the jihadist opposition organization Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which controls part of north-western Syria with an iron fist, a rebel zone beyond the control of the state. “It would seem that they are trying to take opportunistic advantage of the potential military confrontation between...
Could the Syrian regime's weakness in the escalating Israeli-led war see the strengthening of certain rebel groups in Syria? For several weeks now, military exercises have been suggesting a return to large-scale confrontation with President Bashar al-Assad's regime, in a Syria already ravaged by a kaleidoscope of conflicts. While the country suffers from Israeli strikes, the latest on Oct. 8 aimed at assassinating a senior Hezbollah official involved in arms smuggling in the middle of Damascus, an offensive is being prepared in the north led by the jihadist opposition organization Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which controls part of north-western Syria with an iron fist, a rebel zone beyond the control of the state. “It would seem that they are trying to take opportunistic advantage of the potential military confrontation between...
